I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge.  It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics and ideologues who menace decency and progress.  No agnostic has ever burned anyone at the stake or tortured a pagan, a heretic, or an unbeliever.
--Daniel J. Boorstin

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To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness ( Read more... )

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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
--E.F.Schumacher

If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together, there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. I'll always be with you.~Winnie the Pooh ( Read more... )

The fool who persists
in his folly
will become wise.
--William Blake

Life is tough,
but it's tougher
when you're stupid.
--John Wayne

"The greater the struggle, the more glorious the triumph."
The Butterfly Circus
http://vimeo.com/17150524
22:35 long and well worth the time invested

‎Mistakes
are always forgiveable
if one has the courage to admit
to them.
~~Bruce Lee

Courage is not the absence of fear,
but rather the judgment that
something else
is more important than fear.
--unknown